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Jul 20, 2007

I have the following scenerio configured in sqlserver -

Windows group Login User Role

domainAuditConfig domainAuditConfig domainAuditConfigUser AuditConfigRole

domainLookupConfig domainLookupConfg domainLookupConfigUser LookupConfigRole

domainuser belongs to both domainAuditConfig and domainLookupConifg windows groups.

When domainuser logs in, he will have both AuditConfigRole and LookupConfigRole roles.

If I reconfigure the above using loginless user, how can the user takes on both roles at the same time?

It seems to me that the user needs to know what role he needs at the time and run the appropriate EXECUTE AS command. Is this true? I can see the benefits of using EXECUTE AS when we are testing our code. But in a production environment, how can the end user know who to EXECUTE AS?

Does it only make sense to use EXECUTE AS from within an application?

Thanks

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Hello,

I am new user of SQL Server. I have some problems with these words. I want to make my database works in my specified permissions. I will specify permissions with schemas and these schema wants an owner. I want this owner should be my user. When creating a user it needs a valid login. I am selecting my login and it occurs and error says this login has an different user. I am specifying permissions with roles. But i can't make association all of them. I hope i told my problem to you as well. If you explain these words to me and tell me how can i do my database's works with my own schemas, users and roles i'll be grateful. Thanks for advices.

Happy coding...

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Q. How do I license SQL Server 2005 for my virtual environments?

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Applies to

Number of licenses needed

To get this many standalone instances

Per processor per virtual

Standard, Workgroup, Enterprise

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#virtual CPUs

Standard, Workgroup:
#virtual OSs * up to 16 instances
Enterprise:
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Per processor per physical

Enterprise

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Standard, Workgroup, Enterprise

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Enterprise:
#virtual OSs * up to 50 instances, among S(users)

Per seat (aka Server + CAL) per physical

Enterprise

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� virtual OSs * up to 50 instances, among S(users)

Where:
��CPU�? is the number of CPUs as physically-recognized by the virtual OS or physical OS. CPUs enumerated by hyperthreading or dual-core processing and its corresponding host CPU are considered together one CPU. Refer to the Intel CPUCount utility for more information.
�� virtual OSs�? represents the theoretical maximum number of virtual machines supported on hardware of physical host.
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Source 2: http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/userights , select "SQL Server", "-->", quotes below:

"Per Processor" page:

To run instances of the server software in virtual operating system environments on a server, you need a software license for each virtual processor that each of those virtual operating system environments uses. If a virtual operating system environment uses a fraction of a virtual processor, the fraction counts as a full virtual processor.

"Per Server/CAL" page:

For each server software license you assign, you may run, at any one time, one instance of the server software in one physical or virtual operating system environment on the licensed server.

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Licensing Mode

Applies to

Number of licenses needed

To get this many standalone instances

Per processor per virtual

Standard, Workgroup, Enterprise

#virtual OSs * #virtual instances * #virtual CPUs

Standard, Workgroup, Enterprise:
#virtual OSs * #virtual instances

Per seat (aka Server + CAL) per virtual

Standard, Workgroup, Enterprise

#virtual OSs + S(users)

Standard, Workgroup:
#virtual OSs * #virtual instances, among S(users)
Enterprise:
#virtual OSs * #virtual instances, among S(users)

Can a Microsoft representative clear this up for me, please?

I want to present the information accurately and objectively short-term, as well as legally in the long-term.

Thanks in advance for any information.

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